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Environmental

Apr. 26, 2012

Court allows state to enforce fuel standards pending appeal

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals handed California a win in its efforts to cut the amount of greenhouse gas emissions in transportation fuel.


By Fiona Smith


Daily Journal Staff Writer


The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has handed California a win in its efforts to cut the amount of greenhouse gas emissions in transportation fuel.


Several corn ethanol and crude oil producers had sued the California Air Resources Board alleging its Low Carbon Fuel Standard penalizes out-of-state fuel makers and violates the Commerce Clause of the Constitution. In December, U.S. District Judge Lawr...

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